Quotes

Sharing the resources Paul collects. The quotes database is now in development.

Emerson: Finish each day and be done with it

Friday, September 23, 2011 · Topics: productivity, stress-management

“Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in, forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day, you shall begin it well and serenely…” — Ralph Waldo Emerson · Read more →

Does failure truly exist?

Tuesday, July 5, 2011 · Topics: failure, positive-emotions, strengths

“Does failure truly exist, or is it simply an inaccurate matchup of expectations and strengths? Could it be that people are not successes or failures but merely individuals in the right or wrong expectation environment?” — Donald O. Clifton and Paula Nelson, Soar with your strengths · Read more →

Mastery over paradigms

Friday, June 10, 2011 · Topics: good-bad, paradigms, right-wrong

It is in the space of mastery over paradigms that people throw off addictions, live in constant joy, bring down empires, get locked up or burned at the stake or crucified or shot, and have impacts that last for millennia. · Read more →

Babemba

Saturday, June 4, 2011 · Topics: appreciative-inquiry, positive-emotions, strengths

“In the Babemba tribe of South Africa, when a person acts irresponsibly or unjustly, he is placed in the center of the village, alone and unfettered. All work ceases, and every man, woman and child in the village gathers in a large circle around the accused. Then each person in the tribe, regardless of age, · Read more →

All, all, all belong

Friday, June 3, 2011 · Topics: diversity, inclusive, love

“All are meant to be held in this incredible embrace that will not let us go.” — Archbishop Desmond Tutu · Read more →

Smoker: Humanist tradition

Friday, May 6, 2011 · Topics: humanists

“There are always some people who, though living honorable and considerate lives… prefer to keep ‘an open mind’ about the currently accepted explanations for things for which they see no evidence, or only evidence that is unconvincing. These people are in ‘the humanist tradition.’” · Read more →